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Updated at 6:45 p.m.
NINE MINUTES, 90 MPH
• A police pursuit along U.S. Highway 12 that began east of Glenoma ended near Morton when spike strips flattened the two right tires of a vehicle carrying a suspected intoxicated driver last night. It was just after 10 p.m. when a deputy attempted to pull over a vehicle traveling an estimated 85 mph but its driver refused to stop, according to authorities. Lewis County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Stacy Brown said when the vehicle finally did stop near Priest Road, the driver stumbled out and then was extremely combative. Charging documents allege Miguel A. Leyva Jr., 46, exited his vehicle and then fell face down on the roadway. Although he was at gunpoint, he got up and got in and out of his vehicle twice before a trooper arrived, charging documents state. At one point, he dropped his pants and said he was unarmed, the documents state. Leyva was eventually taken into custody. The nine minute chase reached speeds of 90 mph, according to prosecutors. The Eastern Washington resident was booked into the Lewis County Jail for eluding, for driving under the influence, and for first-degree driving with a suspended license, and then charged today with those offenses in Lewis County Superior Court. His bail was set at $50,000.
ASSAULT REPORT
• Chehalis police were called about 8:30 p.m. yesterday to Green Hill School to take a report of a suspected third-degree assault. The incident is still under investigation, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
DRUGS
• A 30-year-old Olympia resident was arrested for possession of methamphetamine yesterday evening when contacted by police at the 100 block of East Sixth Street in Centralia. Officers booked Jonathan Phan, 30 of Olympia, into the Lewis County Jail and also arrested a 39-year-old Chehalis resident on a warrant, according to the Centralia Police Department.
THEFT
• Centralia police took a report yesterday from the 1200 block of South Gold Street regarding stolen mail.
VANDALISM
• Centralia police were called about 7:30 p.m. yesterday to the 700 block of South Pearl Street where solar-powered yard lights had been pulled from the ground and broken.
LOST AND FOUND
• A Kindle was found at Northeast Kresky Avenue and Hampe Way in Chehalis and turned into the Chehalis Police Department yesterday.
AND MORE
• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, protection order violation, misdemeanor assault, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, hit and run, disorderly person, misdemeanor theft, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street … and more.